ICEabbr.1. in case of emergency2. internal-combustion engineice (?s)n.1. Water frozen solid.2. A surface, layer, or mass of frozen water.3. Something resembling frozen water: ammonia ice.4. A frozen dessert consisting of water, sugar, and a liquid flavoring, often fruit juice.5. Cake frosting; icing.6. Slang Diamonds.7. Sports The playing field in ice hockey; the rink.8. Extreme unfriendliness or reserve.9. Slang A payment over the listed price of a ticket for a public event.10. Slang Methamphetamine.v. iced, ic·ing, ic·es v.tr.1. To coat or slick with solidly frozen water.2. To cause to become ice; freeze.3. To chill by setting in or as if in ice.4. To cover or decorate (a cake, for example) with a sugar coating.5. Slang To ensure of victory, as in a game; clinch.6. Sports To shoot (the puck) from one’s defensive half of an ice hockey rink across the opponent’s goal line outside of the goal.7. Slang To kill; murder.v.intr. To turn into or become coated with ice; freeze: The pond iced over.Idioms: on ice Slang 1. Assured of attainment or success: With the extra goal the victory was on ice.2. In reserve or readiness.3. Away from public notice or activity. on thin ice In a precarious position.[Middle English is, from Old English ?s.]ice?less adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ice (a?s) n1. water in the solid state, formed by freezing liquid water. 2. (Cookery) a portion of ice cream3. slang a diamond or diamonds4. (Hockey (Field & Ice)) the field of play in ice hockey5. slang a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects6. break the ice a. to relieve shyness, etc, esp between strangersb. to be the first of a group to do something7. cut no ice informal to fail to make an impression8. on ice in abeyance; pending9. on thin ice unsafe or unsafely; vulnerable or vulnerably10. (Placename) the Ice informal NZ Antarcticavb11. (often foll by: up, over, etc) to form or cause to form ice; freeze12. (Cookery) (tr) to mix with ice or chill (a drink, etc)13. (Cookery) (tr) to cover (a cake, etc) with icing14. (tr) slang US to kill15. (Hockey (Field & Ice)) chiefly (in ice hockey)a. to shoot the puck from one end of the rink to the otherb. to select which players will play in a game[Old English ?s; compare Old High German ?s, Old Norse ?ss] ?iceless adj ?ice?like adjICE (in Britain) abbreviation for (Civil Engineering) Institution of Civil EngineersCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ice (a?s) n., v. iced, ic?ing. n. 1. the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water. 2. the frozen surface of a body of water. 3. any substance resembling frozen water: camphor ice. 4. a frozen dessert made of sweetened water and fruit juice. 5. Brit. ice cream. 6. icing, as on a cake. 7. reserve; formality. 8. Slang. a diamond or diamonds. 9. Slang. a. protection money paid to the police by the operator of an illicit business. b. a fee paid, as to a theater manager, to secure desirable tickets. 10. Slang. methamphetamine prepared illicitly as crystals for smoking. v.t. 11. to cover with ice. 12. to change into ice; freeze. 13. to cool with ice: Ice the sodas, please. 14. to cover with icing; frost: to ice a cake. 15. to make cold, as if with ice. 16. Informal. a. to make sure of; clinch: to ice a deal. b. to assure success or victory in. 17. Slang. to kill; murder. v.i. 18. to change to ice; freeze. 19. to become coated with ice (often fol. by up). Idioms: 1. break the ice, a. to overcome initial social awkwardness or formality. b. to make an effective beginning. 2. cut no ice, to fail to impress or influence. 3. ice the puck, to hit a hockey puck from one’s own half of the rink to the far side of the opponent’s half. 4. on ice, a. assured of success or victory. b. in a state of abeyance or readiness. 5. (skating) on thin ice, in a precarious or delicate situation. [before 900; Middle English, Old English is] ice?less, adj. -ice a suffix of nouns borrowed from French, indicating state or quality: notice. [Middle English -ice, -ise